Shampoo board



July 10, 1934. D, wAlTE 1,966,365

SHAMPOO BOARD Filed Jan. 8, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l I nuentor Jan/la M/a/fe July 10, 1934. wAlTE Y 1,966,365

SHAMPOO BOARD Filed Jan. 8, 1934 2 Sheets-Shet 2 Inventor I 26 s, Attorney Patented July 10, 1934 1,966,365 SHAMPOO BOARD Daniel Waite, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Application January 8, 1934, Serial No. 705,802

3 Claims.

This invention relates to shampoo boards such as are used in beauty parlors and barber shops and the objects of the invention are first, to provide a shampoo board having means for carrying off the waste water to one side of the board and thereby allow the operator to stand directly behind the person being shampooed; and secondly to provide improved means for detachably clamping the board to the back of the chair occupied by the person being shampooed.

The invention together with its objects and advantages Will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein: 15 Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the sham-.

poo board when in use.

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view thereof with parts broken away and shown in section.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the shampoo board.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the shampoo board, and

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating parts hereinafter more fully referred to.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals it will be seen that the shampoo board is provided with a continuous upstanding flange or rim 11, and at opposite sides of the board the flange 11 is tapered having its upper edge in- 3'0 clining downwardly from the rear to the forward end of the board. As is somewhat conventional the front end of the board has a recess 12 adapted to receive the neck of the person being shampooed as indicated in Figure 1. At the rear 3'5 end thereof the board 10 has pressed out therefrom a water discharge and collecting trough 13 extending transversely of the board and having an inclined bottom 15 as clearly shown in Figure 2.

At the deepest or discharge end thereof the trough 4013 has suitably connected thereto one end of a hose or similar flexible conduit 15 for carrying off the waste water. In thus providing the transversely extending discharge trough 13 having its discharge end laterally of the board the operator 45'Imay stand directly behind the person being shampooed, whereas shampoo boards as now generally employed are entirely open at their back or rear end to permit drainage of the waste water preventing the operator from standing at the rear end of the board but requiring the operator to stand to one side of the board which results in interference with the operator giving the shampoo. Because of this feature characterizing the board now generally employed it is required that the person being shampooed recline in the chair whereas when a board embodying the features of the present invention is used the person being shampooed may sit upright and attain a more restful posture.

Thus, in accordance with the present invention an attaching plate 16 of the same general shape in plan as the shampoo board 10 is secured to the under side of the board by suitable fastening elements. The plate 16 is provided on its under side with ribs 17 which at about the longitudinal median of the plate are connected by an apertured web 18 as clearly shown in Figure 3.

An attaching clamp for securing the board on the back of a chair or the like is provided and in the present instance consists of a standard 19 formed from a single length of Wire or the like, bent into a substantially elongated frame structure pivotally connected at one end with the web 18. Adjustably mounted on the wire post 19 is a chair back engaging member which is also formed from a single length of wire which is bent and shaped to provide a transverse chair back engaging head 20 merging into spaced arcuate shank members 21 that have curved or hook like free ends 22 adapted to hook over the upper edge of the chair back 23 with the head 20 abutting the back of the chair in a manner clearly shown in Figure 1. A clamp is provided for adjustably securing the double hook member on the rod or post 19, and said clamp comprises a pair of semi-cylindrical sections or jaws 24 which at each end are provided with pairs of notches or grooves 25 in a manner clearly shown in Figure 5 to accommodate therebetween the parallel sides of the skeleton rod 19 and the shanks 21. The clamp sections or jaws 24 are connected together through the medium of a suitable bolt 26 extending therethrough intermediate the ends of said jaws or clamp members and provided on one end with a suitable wing nut 27.

The elevation of the shampoo board 10 may be changed by loosening the nut 27. After the skeleton post or rod 19 has been raised or lowered to the desired adjustment the board 10 may be locked in position by tightening the nut 27 which forces the jaws 24 of the clamp into engagement with the sides of the rod 19 and the shanks 21 of the double hook engaging the chair back 23.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. The combination with a shampoo board, of an attaching bracket including a wire frame member pivoted at one end to the under side of the board, a wire support engaging member having at its one end a transverse abutment head and at a relatively opposite end laterally spaced hooks for engaging over the upper edge of a support and curved shanks connecting said hooks with the head; and a clamp engaging the said shanks and the opposite sides or" said wire frame for securing said frame and support engaging member at the desired relative adjustment.

2. The combination with a shampoo board, of an attaching bracket including a member attached to the under side of the board, a wire support engaging member having at one end a transverse abutment head and at a relatively opposite end laterally spaced hooks for engaging over the upper edge of a support and curved shanks connecting said hooks with the head; and aclamp engaging said shanks and the first mentioned member for securing them together.

3. The combination with a shampoo board, of an attaching bracket including a member attached to the under side of the board, a wire support engaging member having at one end a transverse abutment head and at a relatively opposite end laterally spaced hooks for engaging over the upper edge of a support and curved shanks connecting said hooks with the head; and a clamp engaging said shanks and the first mentioned member for securing them together, said member being in the form of an oblong frame the upper end of which is extended laterally and pivotally engaged with said board.

DANIEL WAITE, 

